Art Moments Budapest – Site #2 – ‘Plastic Waste Labyrinth’ Public Interventions

Posted onSeptember 19, 2018October 2, 2018AuthorApril Dell1 Comment

When? – Where? 28th September – 1st October, Madách Imre tér. 11th – 14th October, Art Market Budapest at the Millenáris Cultural Center. During Art Moments 2018 – The Universal Sea Budapest Festival, we are honoured and excited to see the Read More …

Art Moments Budapest – Site #1 – Exhibition and Hackathon at HybridArt Space

Posted onSeptember 18, 2018October 2, 2018AuthorMimiRobson

Where?? Hybridart Space, 1052 Budapest, Galamb u. 6 When?? Hackathon: October 4 from 2 to 6 pm Exhibition Opening: October 5, 7 pm Exhibition: October 6‐13 One of the key venues in Art Moments, The Universal Sea’s Budapest Festival, will be Read More …

Kunststoffschmiede – plastic smithery

Posted onSeptember 17, 2018September 29, 2018AuthorTina Bayer

The ‘Kunststoffschmiede’ Last weekend The Universal Sea had the chance to meet some of the inspiring and enthusiastic team of the project ‘Kunststoffschmiede’ (plastic smithery) which is part of the Konglomerat e.V. from Dresden. They recycle plastic: first, the plastic Read More …

Looking back on CleanUp Day

Posted onSeptember 17, 2018September 29, 2018AuthorTina Bayer

On Saturday millions of people got active in order to clean up parks, beaches, public places, streets, and other areas. And The Universal Sea was with them! Not only in Berlin but also in Warnemünde, where our partner EUCC-D co-organised a Read More …

Tomorrow is World Cleanup Day + Plastic Attack Day!

Posted onSeptember 14, 2018September 14, 2018AuthorTina Bayer1 Comment

Tomorrow large groups of driven citizens come together to remove litter from our planet. With 150 countries participating this year it can been described as “the biggest civic action in human history.” Plastic attack events are also being organised across Read More …

BE PART OF OUR RESEARCH PROJECTS!

Posted onSeptember 13, 2018July 2, 2019AuthorNicole Loeser

Here at The Universal Sea we are not only working tirelessly against the plastic epidemic in the world’s waterways, but we also conduct independent research projects. The results from these surveys will be included in the Universal Sea guidebook currently Read More …

What’s going on at Art Moments – The Universal Sea Budapest Festival

Posted onSeptember 12, 2018October 1, 2018AuthorApril Dell

Here at The Universal Sea we’re busy getting ready for our upcoming event collaboration with HybridArt Management at the annual Art Moments festival hosted in Budapest. Dedicated to broadening the impact of art and the role of the artist, our Read More …

Our Guidebook – coming soon!

Posted onSeptember 11, 2018October 25, 2018AuthorMimiRobson

The Universal Sea – The art and innovation guide against the plastic epidemic is a guidebook* being crafted and developed as we speak by The Universal Sea Project *The pages will not be empty 😉 Currently, there are many people Read More …

Inspirations from Techfestival Copenhagen

Posted onSeptember 10, 2018AuthorApril Dell

The Universal Sea has just returned from the Techfestival in Copenhagen where for five days in September organisers and speakers came together with the tech community to explore how technology shapes our lives today and how we can solve human Read More …

Robertina Šebjanič at Ars Electronica

Posted onSeptember 7, 2018September 9, 2018AuthorTina Bayer

We are proud that our Artist in Residence Robertina Šebjanič (SI) is also part of the Ars Electronica residency. Together with Gjino Šutič (HR), she realized the project ‘aqua_forensic‘ for their festival. Finally, the exhibition is open to the public, and you Read More …

We announce the second open call winners!

Posted onSeptember 3, 2018September 4, 2018AuthorApril Dell

We are excited to announce that from an inspiring selection of submissions, the three winning artists from our “Pure or Plastic?!” second international open call have been selected! In May we put the call out to artists to respond to Read More …

The Universal Sea at Techfestival in Copenhagen

Posted onAugust 20, 2018September 3, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

This summer there are so many interesting social impact and innovation festivals around Europe to get involved in. At The Universal Sea, we are delighted to report our presence at quite a few of them. The next festival lighting up Read More …

The Universal Sea – Third Open Call For Short Films

Posted onAugust 17, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

Do you believe in the power of art as a catalyst for change? Art has the power to spark emotions, questions and even action. This is why we are organizing an array of activities to fight the plastic epidemic What Read More …

Public voting for second open call entries ends soon!

Posted onAugust 16, 2018November 16, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

We are overwhelmed by the quality of the submitted projects to our second open call and the effort put in by each candidate. And we invite you to give us your opinion too. Only two weeks are left to vote for Read More …

Art Moments – The Universal Sea Budapest Festival

Posted onAugust 10, 2018August 24, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

Even today is a bit cooler we know that summer is not over yet (luckily), and we do not wish to get ahead of ourselves, but we would like to do a little early promotion for our upcoming events. Our Read More …

WATT EN SCHLICK FESTIVAL

Posted onJuly 25, 2018July 25, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

WATT EN SCHLICK FEST is a festival held directly on the beach at the Wattenmeer World Heritage Site. With an urban mix of music, literature, film, and theatre showcased across four different stages, the festival promises to be a chill weekend Read More …

The Universal Sea – Second Open Call

Posted onJuly 25, 2018August 11, 2018AuthorNicole Loeser

Do you believe in the power of art as a catalyst for change? The Universal Sea closed its second international call for artists and creatives. Art has the power to spark emotions, questions and even action. This is why Read More …

The Ocean Plastics Lab

Posted onJuly 18, 2018July 18, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

There are many fantastic organisations and initiatives, just like The Universal Sea, employing a variety of strategies in order to tackle plastic waste in the ocean. One such example, and in fact one of our media partners, is Ocean Plastics Read More …

Are you a busy bee? Thecamp’s HIVE residency might be for you!

Posted onJuly 18, 2018July 18, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

How to describe our friends and partners Thecamp? They call themselves, “A base camp for exploring the future,” and maybe this is the most apt description. Based in the idyllic countryside of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region of Southern France, thecamp Read More …

A city literally built on water – what could be better for The Universal Sea?!

Posted onJune 15, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

In a flurry of packing suitcases and double-checking for passports, The Universal Sea is off to Amsterdam, 21-22 June 2018, for our next European station! This time our event is part of a city-wide multi-day festival called WeMakeThe.City Festival which Read More …

The Universal Sea featured in ECOFEMINIST Magazine

Posted onJune 15, 2018AuthorAlasdair McTernan

This week at the Universal Sea, we are happy to be the subject of a feature in ECOFEMINIST, a leading online magazine. The ē-kō-ˈfe-mə-nist movement applies feminist principles to ecological issues. With less than a week to go before the TUS’ Read More …

Frankie Moughton-Small at The University of Flensburg

Posted onJune 11, 2018August 11, 2018AuthorFrankie Moughton-Small

Now the show’s on! The European University of Flensburg has joined The Universal Sea as a partner institution. It has invited the London-based designer Frankie Moughton-Small, one of the selected artists in The Universal Sea’s Open Call, to its Artist Read More …

The Universals Sea x WeMakeThe.City, Amsterdam 21-22 June 2018

Posted onJune 2, 2018June 20, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

The Universal Sea is uniting forces with the WeMakeThe.City Festival. Our station will be running over two days (21-22 June 2018, 10:00 – 19:00), in the city of the 165 canals and 1,281 bridges. The event consists of inspiring pecha-kucha presentations and co-creation workshops, Read More …

Kosovo here we come! 9 – 10 June 2018

Posted onJune 1, 2018June 5, 2018AuthorEleonora Bidiville

On the occasion of the annual tech festival DOKU.TECH organised in Europe’s youngest country Kosovo, The Universal Sea is proud to hold its station in the capital Pristina from 9 – 10 June 2018. The event is a great chance to get committed Read More …

Who’s Meeting Us in Finland? (I wish I were)

Posted onMay 31, 2018June 1, 2018AuthorGrace Hewitt

Here at The Universal Sea, we are getting rather excited. Why? Because next Tuesday 5.06 our Finnish event kicks off at Aalto Design Factory in Espoo/Helsinki. So, we thought we’d take the opportunity to write a post dedicated to introducing Read More …

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